What is the Latin translation of universal?

Answer 1

The Latin word for universal is roughly the word catholic. Since the Roman Catholic Church was the only church for centuries there was a confusion between the official name of the church and the word used in the Apostles Creed (and others) that refers to a universal church, not to one or another institution. The Apostles Creed, not in today's form, was already in use long before the church was identified as Roman Catholic. Christians knew that they were confessing faith in a universal church-one that transcends all denominations and institutions.